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Commissioning Officers

Lt.Cmdr. J.S. McCain	Commanding
Lt. M.L. Dry	Executive Officer & Navigator
Lt. B.A. Strauss	Electrical & Engineering Officer
Lt. L.R. Vasey	Torpedo & Gunnery Officer
Lt(jg) Keneisel **	Communications Officer
Lt(jg) F.P. Melzar	Commissary Officer
TMC "Doggie" Renner	Chief of Boat

** Lt. Keneisel was lost on the USS BARBEL later in the war.

Statistics

Displacement	1870 Tons (surfaced) 2424 Tons (submerged)
Maximum Speed	20.25 knots (surfaced) 8.75 knots (submerged)
Complement	8 officers 72 enlisted
Armament	(1) 5"/25 gun (10) 21" torpedos tubes (24) torpedoes (2) 20mm Deck Guns
Draft	15'3" (mean)
Length	311'
Safe Diving Depth	300'

Important Dates:

Keel laid by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut on July 21,1941
Launched May 17,1942; sponsored by Mrs. Ben Moreell
Commissioned August 20, 1942; Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain commanding
Change of Command July 14, 1944; Lt. Cmdr. Guy E. O'Neil assumed command
Decommissioned May 18, 1946
Stricken August 1, 1958
Sold for scrap on December 1, 1959

War Patrol Dates

Patrol #	From	To
1	October 19, 1942	December 7, 1942
2	May 28, 1943	July 3, 1943
3	November 17, 1943	January 7, 1944
4	February 5, 1944	April 6, 1944
5	May 3, 1944	July 4, 1944
6	July 29, 1944	September 22, 1944
7	October 21, 1944	December 28, 1944
8	June 13, 1945	July 24, 1945